Shoe-support.



E. PEARL.

SHOE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-25. 1915.

1,173,733. Patented Feb. 29,1916.

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SHOE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25.

Patnted Feb. 29, 1916.

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ri e EUGENE PEARL, OF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.

SHOE-SUPEOBT.

Application filed October 25, 1915.

T 0 (ZZZ 107mm it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE PEARL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in supports or stands for shoes while being cleaned and polished and the principal object is to provide a rest upon which the feet, incased in shoes, may be placed, the stand having devices engageable with the shoe soles and heels whereby they are held firmly against lateral or other displacement when desired, or the engaging devices retracted, so as to cause no entanglement or obstruction when not in use.

Another object is to provide such stands in forms of neat and attractive appearance, at a moderate manufacturing cost and which may be'utilized as permanent advertising mediums.

' These and other allied objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings,v forming a material part of this specification, and in which:

.Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sup port made in accordance with the preferred form of the invention, the shoe engaging means being extended as in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the upper part of the support. the engaging means be1ngretracted. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View. taken on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan and sectional view of the shoe plate. Fig. 5 is a fragmental view at the heel. showing the operating mechanism. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan'view of a stand showing a modified form of construction. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sect onal view, taken on line 88 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view, showing another modification in construction. Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the same, taken on line 10-10 of Fig. 9. and Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing a detail.

In the preferred embodiment. best shown in Fig. 1. a plate 15 of any desired outline, is provided with holes to receive the screws 16 by means of which the stand may be secured to its foundation: from the plate rises a standard 17, branched as at 18 and 19,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1216.

Serial No. 57,749.

respectively at the front and rear, and extending up to the shoe plate 20, the latter being preferably curved upward at the front 21, to receive the shoe sole, and having a depressed heel receiving portion 22 at the back.

These stands are preferably formed in one piece, by common methods of casting, from brass or iron as may be desired and finished with such ornamentation as fancy may suggest; the space between the branches 18 and 19 may obviously be utilized for advertising matter of a permanent nature.

In the front portion of the plate 20 is a cored transverse slot 24 extending entirely through the plate and fitted slidably in it is a double spur 25, of sheet metal, as steel, with a straight flat back 26, the sides being parallel and formed with a plurality of sharp teeth or serrations 27 in their edges adapted to engage with a shoe sole. The spur is held downward so that the teeth 27 are slightly below the surface of the plate 20 by means of a flat spring 28 disposed lengthwise between the sides of the spur, the ends of the spring extending past the ends of the slot 24 and being partially embedded in the plate at its under side so as to remain in position. A cam 30 pivotally mounted on the screw 31, set in the branch 18, is provided with a handle 82 and so arranged that when the handle is swung in a direction opposite to that shown in Fig. 6. the cam will press against the back 26 of the spur, causing the teeth to extend above the surface of the plate 20 and engage with the shoe sole placed thereon. A narrow slot 35 is formed in the offset portion of the plate'above the heel rest 22 and movable in it is another spur 36 having an exterior flange 37 against wh ch presses a fiat spring 38 tending to hold the spur outwardly and against the cam 40, pivoted by the screw 39 to the plate 20, and pro ided with the handle 41. The operation of the heel spur will be clearly understood from an inspection o Figs. 4 and 5.

In Figs. 7 and 8 a modified form of stand is shown in which a single handle or lever movement only is re uired to proiect or retract the s urs at both the sole and heel. In this form the frontbranch 18 of the standard is fitted with a coarse pitched screw or one of multiple thread 45 to the outer end of which is rigidly attached the wide faced cam 4 having the operating handle 4.7 and actuating the spur 25 as before described;

the plate and is held to it by means of the clip 53, the enlarged end 54 abutting against the rear spur 1n such manner as to force 1t out when the rod is turned clockwise by means of the cam handle 47 while the springs.

56 keep it normally retracted.

A further modification is shown in Figs.

9 to 11, in which pivoted cams are dispensed with, a manually operated sliding cam or wedge taking their place at the front. In

this style the front spur is normally held down by the spring device before described and raised by pushing the handle attached to the cam 61 so that as it advances the spur will be elevated. A. red 63 passes through the branch 18 where it isprovid'ed with a collar 64 limiting its outward movement, the rod having at its outer end a second cam 65 slidable in the branch 19 and operating a vertical movable spur 66 adapted to engage the heel; at the same time a spur 67 is advanced engaging the front of the heel as in the previously described constructions.

From the foreg-ring it will be seen that means are provided to support a shoe and to engage with the sole and heel in such mannor as to holdit firmly during the temporary period required; also that when not in actual use the spurs may be retracted so as not to catch or interfere with the clothing of persons using the same, and it will be further evident that many modifications and variations may be made embodying the application of the principal elements in the appended claims; it is not therefore desired to be limited to the exact constructions shown.

Having thus described my invention and ascertained the manner of its construction and use what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a fCot support, the combination with a fixed stand and a plate carried thereby, of a spur vertically operable in said plate, means for positively raising the spur above the surface of said plate, and means for normally maintaining said spur in a retracted position below the surface of the plate.

2. Ina foot support, the combination with a fixed stand and a plate carried thereby having a depressed heel portion, of a spur slidable longitudinally in said plate adapted Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

to project horizontally over the surface of the heel portion, means for shding sald spur outwardly, said means being pivoted vertlcally to said plate and operable laterally thereof, and means for retracting said spur,

said means operating in a plane parallel with and closely adjacent to said plate.

3. In a foot support, the combination with a fixed standand a plate carried thereby. havspuroutwardly to engage with a heel and means for retracting said heel spur.

4. In a devlce of the class descrlbed, the

combination with a rigid stand, a plate adapted to receive a shoe supported by said. stand, a plurality ofspurs arranged transversely in said plate, and vertically operable therein, means for ralsmg said spurs, said means also being capable ofmaintaming them in a raised position and a spring for retracting said spurs, operative upon the release of said raising means. r I

5. In a devlce of the classdescrlbed, a

stand, a plate having an upwardly curved L front end and arear portion of reduced height, said platebeing sui ed-to the sole and heel of a.shoe, of a plurality of spurs operable in the plate betweenthe upper andlower -portions thereof adapted to engage with a shoe heel, means for projecting said spurs outwardly and hclding'them extended, said means being operative in a plane parallel to said plate and a spring'for retract-.

ing said spurs upon the release of said proecting means. e

6. In a device of the class described, a

stand, a plate having an upwardly curved front end and'a rear portion of reduced neight, said plate being suited to the sole" and heel of a shoe, of a plurality of spurs engageable through said plate with the sole of a shoe, a second spur engageable with the heel of the shoe transversely to the plane of said plate, other spurs engageable with the 1 bottom .of the shoe heel, means, for operating said spurs whereby they are advanced and held inan advanced position andmeans for retracting said spurs upon release of said advancing means.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification.

EUGENE PEARL.

Washington, D. C. 

